{"product_id":"mcdowell-and-his-critics-isbn-9781405106238","title":"McDowell and His Critics","description":"The most comprehensive discussion available of the work of philosopher, John McDowell. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains newly commissioned papers by distinguished philosophers on McDowell’s work, along with substantial replies to each by McDowell himself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe contributors are philosophers with international reputations for their work in the areas in which they are contributing.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers the whole of McDowell’s philosophy, including his contributions in ancient philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, metaphysics and epistemology.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMcDowell’s replies to the contributions in this volume contribute to the body of his work.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Notes on Contributors. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Austerity and Openness:\u003c\/b\u003e R. M. Sainsbury(University of Texas at Austin and King’s College London).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Sainsbury: John McDowell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Reason and Language:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard G. Heck, Jr. (Brown University and Arché).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Heck: John McDowell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Some Philosophical Integrations:\u003c\/b\u003e Akeel Bilgrami (Columbia University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Bilgrami: John McDowell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Self-Knowledge and Inner Space:\u003c\/b\u003e Cynthia Macdonald (University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and Queen’s University Belfast).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Macdonald: John McDowell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Personal Identity, Ethical not Metaphysical:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol Rovane (Columbia University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Rovane: John McDowell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Acting in the Light of the Appearances:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan Dancy (University of Reading and University of Texas at Austin).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Dancy: John McDowell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 External Reasons:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Pettit and Michael Smith (Princeton University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Pettit and Smith: John McDowell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Aristotle’s Use of Prudential Concepts:\u003c\/b\u003e T. H. Irwin (Cornell University).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Irwin: John McDowell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Julius Caesar and George Berkeley Play Leapfrog:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Blackburn (University of Cambridge).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Blackburn: John McDowell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 The Two Natures: Another Dogma?:\u003c\/b\u003e Graham Macdonald (University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and Queen’s University Belfast).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResponse to Macdonald: John McDowell.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  \"This is an excellent collection of essays on the wide-ranging work of one of the most significant and original philosophers of our day. They raise some fundamental questions about McDowell's views on a variety of topics, to which his own exemplary responses provide extremely valuable further elaboration and development of his thought.\" \u003ci\u003eBill Brewer, University of Warwick\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A very welcome addition to the ‘Philosophers and their Critics’ series: there is much to be learnt from the interplay between the ten contributors’ probing papers and McDowell’s responses to them.\" \u003ci\u003eJennifer Hornsby, Birkbeck College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eCynthia Macdonald\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at Queen’s University Belfast and Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Her previous publications include \u003ci\u003eMind–Body Identity Theories\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci\u003eVarieties of Things: Foundations of Contemporary Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 2005), and she is co-editor, with Stephen Laurence, of \u003ci\u003eContemporary Readings in the Foundations of Metaphysics\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1998).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraham Macdonald\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and Distinguished International Fellow at the Institute of Cognition and Culture, Queen’s University Belfast. He is co-author, with Philip Pettit, of \u003ci\u003eSemantics and Social Science\u003c\/i\u003e (1980). In addition, he is editor of \u003ci\u003ePerception and Identity: Essays Presented to A. J. Ayer, with His Replies to Them\u003c\/i\u003e (1979), co-editor, with Crispin Wright, of \u003ci\u003eFact, Science, and Morality\u003c\/i\u003e (Blackwell, 1986), and co-editor, with Philip Catton, of \u003ci\u003eKarl Popper: Critical Appraisals\u003c\/i\u003e (2004).\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTogether, they have edited \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy of Psychology: Debates on Psychological Explanation\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConnectionism: Debates on Psychological Explanation\u003c\/i\u003e (both Blackwell, 1995).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  John McDowell’s work has had an immense and lasting influence on philosophical thought. This volume contains newly commissioned papers by distinguished philosophers on McDowell’s work, along with substantial replies to each by McDowell himself. The essays cover the full range of McDowell’s seminal contributions in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, ancient philosophy, moral philosophy, and epistemology. Together, they offer by far the most comprehensive discussion of his work currently available.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors are: Akeel Bilgrami, Simon Blackburn, Jonathan Dancy, Richard G. Heck, Jr., T. H. Irwin, Cynthia Macdonald, Graham Macdonald, Philip Pettit, Carol Rovane, R. M. Sainsbury, and Michael Smith.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989591474405,"sku":"NP9781405106238","price":127.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405106238.jpg?v=1761784725","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/mcdowell-and-his-critics-isbn-9781405106238","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}